my book (chapter)!

Found out yesterday that the book chapter I helped write will be published this summer...so I should for sure have a copy before I graduate in December! I am so very excited about this. It was interesting to work on this project with the ladies and I kinda think I might want to pursue things of that nature in the future. For those of you who are unaware of what I am talking about - the Spring semester I completed a chapter with two girls in my program and one of our professors that has been accepted for publication in an activity based book for career counseling. Our chapter is an activity geared at high school juniors and seniors that are interested in exploring career choices. It is a group based activity that encourages the students to so some outside research on a few of their potential careers and then try out those persons in front of their peers based on what they learned from the research. The idea is for the students to explore what it might be like to take on that career role and get feedback from their peers about it. There is also included in the activity a decision latter based on some gestalt techniques to help the students weigh the pros and cons of each job they choose to explore. The idea is not for this activity to necessarily lead to a career choice, but to help start the exploration process. The book is called  Experiential Activities for Teaching Career Counseling and for Facilitating Career Groups (Volume III) and my chapter is entitled The People in Your Neighborhood: Career Exploration in a Group Setting. I will keep people posted on when/where they can check it out. I am really excited about it!